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still(2) (iou)



still adverb.
[Old English stille, Old Saxon, Old High German stillo (Dutch stil, German still), from West Germanic stillo, from base of the adjective.]
Without or almost without moving, motionlessly (lit. & fig.). OE.
A. Moorehead Time here had been standing still. I. Murdoch I can't sit still these days, I'm too nervous. H. Secombe He groaned and lay still. J. Trollope Human beings never stand still,..nor do their relationships.
Without noise or commotion; quietly, silently; softly. Also, secretly. ME-E17.
Continually, constantly; invariably; always. arch. ME.
Sir W. Scott God rest the Baron..he still was kind to me!
Even now (or at a particular time) as formerly; at present, as yet; (now rare) in future as up to the present. E16.
S. Johnson There still remain many words..undefined. T. Hardy I wonder if she lives there still! J. Steinbeck His..cap was so new that the visor was still stiff. E. Johnson At the age of thirty-one he still had no settled profession.
b. Continuously in the same direction as before; further. E17-M18.
T. Herbert Thence we sailed still South.
c. In addition, after the apparent ending of a series. L18.
Journal of Pediatrics Full appreciation of the potential..involved still another concept.
In a further degree; even (more), even (further); yet. Now chiefly with compar.; freq. postpositive. L16.
Pope Thus still his courage, with his toils encreas'd. V. Woolf The Fabians were well worth hearing: still more worth seeing. P. Fitzgerald A follower of Tolstoy, still more so since Tolstoy died. R. MacNeil Being lumped with children made me angrier still.
In spite of what has been stated or implied; even then, nevertheless, all the same. L17.
Goldsmith Though vanquished, he could argue still. D. H. Lawrence But still he took no notice. I. Murdoch Otto might be a mess in every other way, but he was still a meticulous craftsman. C. Fremlin Still, she might have told me.
Phrases: loud and still: see LOUD adverb. still and all, still and on (colloq. & dial.) nevertheless, even so; after all. still less: see LESS adjective etc.